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* {{Anaphora}}: "What [is X]?", since fairies don't know much, said in a poem:
--> “Sister Snowdrop died\\
Before we were born.”\\
“She came like a bride\\
In a snowy morn.”\\
“What’s a bride?”\\
“What is snow?\\
“Never tried.”\\
“Do not know.”\\
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Before we were born.”\\
“She came like a bride\\
In a snowy morn.”\\
“What’s a bride?”\\
“What is snow?\\
“Never tried.”\\
“Do not know.”\\
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* UnevenHybrid: The mysterious "two hundred and thirty-seven years old" lady, who's implied to be Anodos's grandmother, and a fairy since he's got fairy-blood in his lineage:
--> “You have fairy blood in you,” said [the fairy-blooded woman], looking hard at me.
--> “You have fairy blood in you,” said [the fairy-blooded woman], looking hard at me.
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* FairyLand: The main setting of the story. Most of it seems to be covered in a [[TheLostWoods deep, enchanted wood full of magical creatures]], although deserts, seas and other areas are encountered. Overall, it seems to be composed and home of various mythical and folkloric locations and archetypes.
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* FairyLand: The main setting of the story. Most of it seems to be covered in a [[TheLostWoods [[EnchantedForest deep, enchanted wood full of magical creatures]], although deserts, seas and other areas are encountered. Overall, it seems to be composed and home of various mythical and folkloric locations and archetypes.
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* TheLostWoods: This is what Fairy Land is like. There are some exceptions -- a desert, a rocky underworld, a sea and an area of farmland all appear -- but most of Fairy Land is covered in a deep, enchanted forest, teeming with [[TheFairFolk fairies]], spirits, and [[PlantPerson animated trees]].
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''[[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/325/325-h/325-h.htm Phantastes]]'', is a novel by Creator/GeorgeMacDonald detailing the journeys of a man named Anodos through Fairy Land.
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* TheVamp: The Maiden of the Alder-Tree.
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* HeroicSacrifice: A [[{{Tearjerker}} heartrending]] tale is related by the narrator about a man named Cosmo, who loves a princess imprisoned in a mirror, and to release her from her thrall, he shatters the mirror, but it ends up killing him, and he dies in the princess' arms.
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* HeroicSacrifice: A [[{{Tearjerker}} heartrending]] heartrending tale is related by the narrator about a man named Cosmo, who loves a princess imprisoned in a mirror, and to release her from her thrall, he shatters the mirror, but it ends up killing him, and he dies in the princess' arms.
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* StoryWithinAStory: The Magic Mirror.
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* StoryWithinAStory: Two actually, The Tale of Cosmo and The Magic Mirror.
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* LivingShadow: A dark shadow attaches itself to the protagonist, causing him to suffer a severe depression.
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* FairyLand: The main setting of the story. Most of it seems to be covered in a [[TheLostWoods deep, enchanted wood full of magical creatures]], although deserts, seas and other areas are encountered. Overall, it seems to be composed and home of various mythical and folkloric locations and archetypes.
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A story novel by Creator/GeorgeMacdonald.
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* BeneathTheEarth: At one point, Anodos travels through a cavernous underworld home to goblin-like fairies.
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* GreatBigLibraryOfEverything: Mentioned.
* HeroicSacrifice: In Phantastes, a [[{{Tearjerker}} heartrending]] tale is related by the narrator about a man named Cosmo, who loves a princess imprisoned in a mirror, and to release her from her thrall, he shatters the mirror, but it ends up killing him, and he dies in the princess' arms.
* HeroicSacrifice: In Phantastes, a [[{{Tearjerker}} heartrending]] tale is related by the narrator about a man named Cosmo, who loves a princess imprisoned in a mirror, and to release her from her thrall, he shatters the mirror, but it ends up killing him, and he dies in the princess' arms.
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* GreatBigLibraryOfEverything: Mentioned.
One exists in the fairy palace containing books so well-written that reading them is effectively indistinguishable from living out the story they contain.
* HeroicSacrifice:In Phantastes, a A [[{{Tearjerker}} heartrending]] tale is related by the narrator about a man named Cosmo, who loves a princess imprisoned in a mirror, and to release her from her thrall, he shatters the mirror, but it ends up killing him, and he dies in the princess' arms.
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* MyGreatestFailure: In ''Phantastes'', the knight in rusty armor atones for being taken in by the Alder-Tree by combating evildoers until every speck of rust is scraped off.
* PurpleProse: The prose in ''Phantastes'' is quite often ornate, but it doesn't detract from the pleasure derived from the perusal of the novel.
* ShadowArchetype: Appropriately enough, the Shadow in ''Phantastes'' is this to the protagonist.
* PurpleProse: The prose in ''Phantastes'' is quite often ornate, but it doesn't detract from the pleasure derived from the perusal of the novel.
* ShadowArchetype: Appropriately enough, the Shadow in ''Phantastes'' is this to the protagonist.
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* TheLostWoods: This is what Fairy Land is like. There are some exceptions -- a desert, a rocky underworld, a sea and an area of farmland all appear -- but most of Fairy Land is covered in a deep, enchanted forest, teeming with [[TheFairFolk fairies]], spirits, and [[PlantPerson animated trees]].
* MyGreatestFailure:In ''Phantastes'', the The knight in rusty armor atones for being taken in by the Alder-Tree by combating evildoers until every speck of rust is scraped off.
* PlantPerson: Among the denizens of Fairy Land are the spirits of trees. Of those met, the Beech Tree is benevolent and loving, but the Ash Tree and the Alder Tree are dangerous and evil.
* PurpleProse: The prosein ''Phantastes'' is quite often ornate, but it doesn't detract from the pleasure derived from the perusal of the novel.
* ShadowArchetype: Appropriately enough, the Shadowin ''Phantastes'' is this to the protagonist.Anodos.
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* PlantPerson: Among the denizens of Fairy Land are the spirits of trees. Of those met, the Beech Tree is benevolent and loving, but the Ash Tree and the Alder Tree are dangerous and evil.
* PurpleProse: The prose
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Heroic Sacrifice: In Phantastes, a [[{{Tearjerker}} heartrending]] tale is related by the narrator about a man named Cosmo, who loves a princess imprisoned in a mirror, and to release her from her thrall, he shatters the mirror, but it ends up killing him, and he dies in the princess' arms.
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A story by Creator/GeorgeMacdonald.
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: In one of the stories in Phantastes, Cosmo von Wehrstahl dies in the arms of the Princess von Honenweiess he has released from the mirror she has been enchanted in, but she finds him too late and cradles him as he dies in her arms.
* GreatBigLibraryOfEverything: Mentioned.
Heroic Sacrifice: In Phantastes, a [[{{Tearjerker}} heartrending]] tale is related by the narrator about a man named Cosmo, who loves a princess imprisoned in a mirror, and to release her from her thrall, he shatters the mirror, but it ends up killing him, and he dies in the princess' arms.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: The final conclusion Anodos comes to in Fairyland.
* PurpleProse: The prose in ''Phantastes'' is quite often ornate, but it doesn't detract from the pleasure derived from the perusal of the novel.
* ShadowArchetype: Appropriately enough, the Shadow in ''Phantastes'' is this to the protagonist.
* TheVamp: The Maiden of the Alder-Tree.
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!! This story contains examples of:
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: In one of the stories in Phantastes, Cosmo von Wehrstahl dies in the arms of the Princess von Honenweiess he has released from the mirror she has been enchanted in, but she finds him too late and cradles him as he dies in her arms.
* GreatBigLibraryOfEverything: Mentioned.
Heroic Sacrifice: In Phantastes, a [[{{Tearjerker}} heartrending]] tale is related by the narrator about a man named Cosmo, who loves a princess imprisoned in a mirror, and to release her from her thrall, he shatters the mirror, but it ends up killing him, and he dies in the princess' arms.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: The final conclusion Anodos comes to in Fairyland.
* PurpleProse: The prose in ''Phantastes'' is quite often ornate, but it doesn't detract from the pleasure derived from the perusal of the novel.
* ShadowArchetype: Appropriately enough, the Shadow in ''Phantastes'' is this to the protagonist.
* TheVamp: The Maiden of the Alder-Tree.
